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Category Archives: Texas
LinkSwarm for March 27, 2012
News! in tiny, bite-sized portions! Kay Bailey Hutchison tries to walk back her comments, unsuccessfully. She says she opposes abortion, but supports taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. That’s like saying you support the Second Amendment, but also support the Coalition … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Global Warming, Jihad, ObamaCare, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged abortion, Auschwitz, Europe, genocide, Global Warming, Jews, Jihad, Kay Bailey Hutchison, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Muslim, New York City, North Korea, ObamaCare, Supreme Court
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Blogroll Addition: The Texas Public Policy Foundation
Today I added The Texas Public Policy Foundation to the blogroll. TPPF is the leading Texas think tank on both state and national issues, including the budget, education, and ObamaCare. Take, for example, this piece by Mario Loyola explaining why … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, ObamaCare, Republicans, Texas
Tagged Mario Loyola, ObamaCare, Richard Epstein, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Texas Senate Race Update for March 23, 2012
Wednesday night I finally got a chance to interview Craig James, so I hope to have the video of that up next week (though I have to warn you in advance that the technical quality is not as good as … Continue reading
On the Way Out, Kay Bailey Hutchison Demonstrates Why She’s On the Way Out
Proving that she’s become part of the problem, Kay Bailey Hutchison took Planned Parenthood’s side in the current funding dispute. It’s an object lesson in why, even if she hadn’t retired, Hutchison was no longer going to be a Senator … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Elections, Texas
Tagged abortion, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Michelle Bachmann, Planned Parenthood, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Gubernatorial Race
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Democrat Paul Sadler: Texans Don’t Understand How Awesome Obama Is Because They’re Racists
It should be no surprise that Democratic senate candidate Paul Sadler supports the the whole liberal checklist of Obama initiatives. However, what’s surprising is how easily he plays the “Obama’s opponents are racist” card on his fellow Texans: “If he … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, Democrats, Elections, Paul Sadler, race, Race Card, Texas Senate Race
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Gun Owners of America Endorses Ted Cruz
The Ted Cruz campaign announced today that he had been endorsed by the Gun Owners of America. This is a significant pickup for the Cruz campaign, since David Dewhurst was previously endorsed by the NRA for Lt. Governor. Thus far … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Guns, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, David Dewhurst, Elections, Gun Owners of America, NRA, Republicans, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race
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Texas Senate Race Update for March 15, 2012
It’s been a very quiet week in the Senate race. I suspect that some of the candidates had already scheduled vacation or break time following the original March primary date, so I expect things to pick up shortly. But Both … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2012 Election, abortion, David Dewhurst, Elections, Republicans, Robert T. Garrett, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Women's Health Program, Tom Leppert, Tony Podesta
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You Can’t Beat Something With Nothing
Now that all the post-redistricting filings have been finalized, I thought I would take a look at Texas U.S. congressional races to see where either the Republican or the Democratic party has failed to field a candidate. While districts are … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 13th Congressional District, 17th Congressional District, 19th Congressional District, 2012 Election, 25th Congressional District, 29th Congressional District, 2nd Congressional District, 3rd Congressional District, 4th Congressional District, Allyson Schwartz, Austin, Bill Flores, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrats, Francisco "Quico" Canseco, Gene Green, Lloyd Doggett, Mac Thornberry, Ralph Hall, Randy Neugebauer, Redistricting, Republicans, Roy Morales, Sam Johnson, Ted Poe, Texas, Texas Democratic Party, William Jefferson
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LinkSwarm for March 13, 2012
A bunch of news popping up, including some from the Middle East: Here’s the actual Dewhurst denial of the Tony Podesta/Democratic fundraising story. A left-wing Irish documentary maker sets out to make a documentary about the plight of the Palestinians, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud
Tagged abortion, Border Controls, California, Crime, David Dewhurst, Eric Holder, Hamas, IDF, Israel, LinkSwarm, Michael Totten, New York, Syria, Texas, Tide, Tony Podesta
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EarthQuest Fails
You may remember my mention of EarthQuest, the projected Montgomery County “environmental theme park” that was going to be partially financed with public money. Well, now comes word from Dwight that it is officially kaput. “No construction is planned; investors … Continue reading
Posted in Texas, Waste and Fraud
Tagged EarthQuest, environmentalism, Houston, Texas, Theme Park
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